Abdick 360 - How do I adjust the master to blanket cylinder?

We have mostly run small sheets on this press so it took us a while to notice...the blanket cylinder and master cylinder are off about an inch or so, reducing our printable area pretty significantly. Is there a way to adjust the timing on that without pulling the entire press apart? Also....do you have any idea how the hell something like that could happen? Thanks in advance!
 
Years ago the AB Dick engineer used to part the cylinders with a large screw driver or bar, turn the handle to line them back up.

A big paper jam can cause the cylinders to jump out of mesh.
 
if it ever had a t-head they sometimes offset the cylinders to deal with ink buildup on the lead edge of the t-head plate
 
Inky is right.
Between the 2 cylinders there are 2 horizontal bars. As Inky says, use a large screwdriver, or the handle of a wrench (something that won't bend or break) and pry the cylinders (gears) apart. While holding apart - it's not that hard - turn the hand wheel to line up the cylinders.
Old Guy is also correct. Offsetting the cylinders is a quick & easy fix for some problems.
It must be 20 years at least since I've seen a 360. They were built on springs.

Keith
 

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